Royal MS 18 C XIV

ACCOMPTS of William Hatteclyffe, under-treasurer of Ireland, 1495-1496. Extracts are printed by J. Gairdner, Letters and Papers illustrative of the Reigns of Rich. III and Hen. VII, Rolls Ser., 1863, ii, appendix B. viii, pp. 297-318. Interpolated into the MS. by some mistake in binding (ff. 184-215) is an inventory of the Royal Wardrobe of Scotland after the death of James V, 1542/3 (see art. 33 below). Contents:-

1. A few vouchers and memoranda, partly of private accompts, including:-(a) Indenture signed by George Bulkley, Mayor of West Chester, on delivery to Hatteclyffe of 12 dozen bills of the King's ordnance, Mond. bef. Pentecost, 10 Hen. VII [1 June, 1495]. f. 1;-(b) Travelling expenses, printed by Gairdner, p. 298. ff. 2, 11;-(C) 'De Garrardo Danyell recepta per manus Iohannis Danyell apud Droghedah', 23 July, 1496: clothing 'for myself', 'for my wyff', 'for Alys', and 'for Elisabeth'. f. 4;-(d) Letter from John Brenan, vicar of Donabate [co. Dublin], to Hatteclyffe about payment of the subsidy of the deanery of Swerdes [Swords, co. Dublin], with a taxation of the benefices in the deanery; n.d. ff. 7, 9;-(e) Certificate by Christopher Flemyng, [8th] Baron Slane, that William Telyng of Sidane is his tenant and not the King's; n.d. f. 8;-

(f) Memoranda for household requirements, printed by Gairdner, l. c. f. 11.

2. The general register of receipts and payments; Trinity term, 10 Hen. VII (beg. 15 June, 1495)-Trin. term, 11. The more important entries are printed by Gairdner, pp. 298-314. The entries are mostly ticked off as entered under their headings in the final compotus. A few signatures of recipients occur in the margin. f. 13.

3. 'Assignationes': charges on the revenue received from various collectors, Easter and Trin. terms, ii, and Mich. term, 12 Hen. VII. f. 71.

4. 'Denarii mutuati pro domino rege.' Extracts are printed by Gairdner, p. 314. f. 79.

5. 'Assignationes facte per tallias leuatas', Mich. term, 11 Hen. VII. f. 84.

6. 'Denarii soluti Jacobo Ormond militi.' f. 90 b.

7. 'Mensales pro vadiis guerre soluendis in Hibernia': calendar of the months (of twenty-eight days) on which pay is calculated, 14 Sept. 1494-19 July, 1496. f. 91 b.

8. Copy of indenture between Bartholomew Ailmer, sheriff of co. Kildare, and the Treasury concerning estreats of fines, &c.; 9 Aug. 1495. f. 92 b.

9. Accompt of ironmongery bought 9 Nov. 1495. f. 93.

10. Payment of the King's army in Ireland for each of the four months ending 31 Jan., 28 Feb., 28 March, and 25 April, 1495. Imperfect at the beginning. Extracts in Gairdner, pp. 315, 316. f. 94.

11. 'Payments necessaryes payed by me Johann Joseph in the name of mastre Pympe, thesaurer of the kinges warres in Irlond', 4 Jan.-24 May, 1495. Imperfect. Extracts in Gairdner, p. 317. f. 104.

12. Estimates of revenue under the headings of subsidies in cos. Meath, Dublin, Louth, and Kildare, manors, wards and marriages, absentees, customs, &c. f. 105.

13. Extent of the ancient subsidy [in Leinster] before Poynings' parliament, with the note 'nunc duplicatur'. f. 108.

14. Ploughlands in the baronies of co. Meath from records of subsidy to the Earl of March, 1 Hen. V. f. 108 b.

15. Actual receipts from the King's manors in Ireland, Easter term, 10, and Mich. term, 11 Hen. VII, by James Dillon. f. 110.

16. Amounts of fines in the Irish Exchequer charged on the sheriffs of Meath, Uriel [Clogher], Dublin, Kildare, and Drogheda, Mich. and Hilary terms, 10 Hen. VII. f. 115.

17. Fee-farms of cities, &c., and rents and services of manors in Ireland, f. 115 b.

18. Copy of release to the executors of Sir Thomas Dovedall [al. Dowdall] upon a recognizance in the Irish Chancery given by him, 20 May, 1495, for 500 marks; 30 March, 11 Hen. VII [1496]. f. 121.

19. Summary of receipts from the King and payments to the Lord Deputy and others for war expenses. f. 123.

20. 'Nombre and charge of the kinges arme in Irland apoynted in thabsence of my lord depute begynnyng the iiiith day of the monyth of Januarie', 1496; with another view, 24 May, 1496. f. 129.

21. Fees of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Easter, 10, and Mich. term, 11 Hen. VII [1495]. f. 131.

22. Accompts and auditors' reports on the accompts of the Treasurer of Ireland, &c., viz.:-(a) Second accompt of Sir Hugh Conwey, Treasurer [1495]. f. 133;-(b) Reports by Henry Wyat and William Hatteclyffe on the first and second reports of the same. f. 141;-(c) Declaration by Hatteclyff of receipts to Michaelmas, 1495. f. 144 b;-(d) Report on the same. f. 146;-(e) Estimates of revenue and expenditure. f. 148;-(f) 'Reportorium omnium compotorum prout in magno rotulo scaccarii de anno xi^mo. Hen. VII^mi continetur'. f. 151 b.

23. Fealty of John de Burgo; Dublin, 26 Oct. 1496. Printed by Gairdner, p. 326. f. 153.

24. Ordinance for the Irish Exchequer, 30 Apr.

20 Edw. I [1292], extracted from the Red Book of the English Exchequer (ed. Hall, Rolls Series, 1896, p. 974). Latin. The text supplies a few words now lost in the Red Book. f. 154.

25. Tables of weights and measures. ff. 154 b, 156.

26. 'Regale seruicium omnium comit[atu]um Hibernie': computation of [knights'] services for the baronies in cos. Dublin, Kildare, Uriel [Clogher], Weyford [Wexford] Kilkenny, Limerick, Typare [Tipperary], Waterford, Cork, and [the provinces of] Connaught and Ulster. The service is usually reckoned at 40s. and that of a foot serjeant at 5s. f. 159.

27. Legal treatise 'De vee de naam', sc. de vetito namii, in French. Beg. 'La floure et la necessite de la ley'; ends 'par baillief le Roye ses damages, etc.' f. 166.

28. Continuation of art. 2; Trin. term, 11 Hen. VII [1496]. f. 171.

29. Continuation of art. 3; June-Aug. [1496?]. f. 178 b.

30. Exchequer fines charged on Robert Taff, late sheriff of co. Uriel [Clogher]. f. 180 b.

31. Names of soldiers [in Ireland] paid three weeks' wages from 27 May, 11 Hen. VII [1496]. f. 181.

32. Summary view of Hatteclyffe's accompt. f. 183.

33. 'The deliuerance of abuyl[]eamentys clothing and vþir graith being in umquyle þe kingis grace gardrop ressauit be Williame Baillie of Lammyntoun and Johnne Kirkcaldy for Johnne Tennent', the late keeper, 1 and 2 Feb. 1543 inventory made by command of James [Hamilton], Earl of Arran, the Regent, with copies of warrants (f. 208) for gifts by the Regent. The first part of the inventory (ff. 186-199) agrees fairly closely with that of 28 Nov. 1542 printed in Thomas Thomsons Collection of Inventories, Edinburgh, 1815, pp. 76-99. At the end is a list in Kirkcaldy's hand and signed by him of the wardrobe at Stirling, Falkland, and St. Andrews, delivered 26 Feb. 1542/3. f. 184.

34. Memoranda of wages, &c., chiefly of Hatteclyffe's household [1495?]. Among them is a note of the jointure of the Countess [Elizabeth St. John, 2nd wife of Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th Earl] of Kildare. f. 216.

35. Note of clothes purchased for Hatteclyffe's family from England. ff. 227 b, 228.

36. Table for calculating subsidies for fractions of a ploughland, the ploughland of 120 acres paying 26s. 8d. f. 229.

37. Memoranda of silver delivered for coining in Ireland, 11 Hen. VII. ff. 230, 236 b.

38. Memoranda for the better regulation of the Irish Exchequer. f. 231.

39. Copy of compotus of the executors of Geoffrey de Turville, Bishop of Ossory and Treasurer of Ireland, 3 May 1250-29 Sept. 1251. Lat. f. 233 b.

40. 'Pannum emptum in Kancia.' f. 235 b. Among miscellaneous additions are:-(a) Six lines in Latin on rules for accounting, beg. 'Quid de quo quantum cur ista notato'. f. 140 b;-(b) List of unlucky hours in the week. f. 157 b. At f. 83 b an amount is noted in the margin after the system of the Exchequer abacus.

Paper ; ff. 236. Folio. A.D. 1495-1496. Not in the old catalogues.

Accounts: Accounts of W. Hatteclyffe, Under-Treasurer of Ireland: 1495-1496.

includes:

• ff. 9, 105-108 Accounts: Particulars of subsidies in Ireland: 1496.
• f. 233b Accounts: Compotus of the executors of G. de Turville, Treasurer of Ireland: 1251: Copy, 15th cent.